Those of you who believe that the Wings should have signed Roszival are almost certainly thinking about the Roszival of three or five years ago. The Roszival of today is a shadow of his former self so far as hockey is concerned. He is a liability in his own end and poor in the offensive zone.

Those of you who believe that the Wings should have signed Roszival are almost certainly thinking about the Roszival of three or five years ago. The Roszival of today is a shadow of his former self so far as hockey is concerned. He is a liability in his own end and poor in the offensive zone.

I'm not high on Rozsival, but that's pretty much your standard response for everyone the Wings don't sign.

More than anything he likely would've been a middle of the pack defenseman, which isn't what the Wings really need as much as they do a top pairing guy and a cheap depth d-man.

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“On the back end, we don’t have enough depth,'' Babcock said. “You got (Brian) Rafalski and Stuart and Lidstrom all leaving the club in just over a year, that’s a chunk of cheese leaving. Now we have to replace them with people that step up. There’s opportunity for others.“(Niklas) Kronwall and (Jonathan) Ericsson will do that. We think Smith has a chance.''

It's not enough, however, as the Red Wings are sure to acquire another defensemen, through free agency or trade, before the season.“You can’t go into the season with 6 D,'' Babcock said. “We’ll have to get that fixed up, and we will.''